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Federal jury heads home without verdict in deputy trial
A federal jury headed home today without rendering a verdict in the case against Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy Joseph Eberle. Eberle, 36, is charged with using excessive force and violating the civil rights of Clifton "Pete" Lee Jr., who died...
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PREVIEW: Dutch artists integrate veil debate in artworks
Amsterdam - Why does Muslim headwear evoke such strong emotions among Dutch nationals?On Sunday November 23 a Dutch experimental artist and a fashion designer are due to discuss this and related topics at a special event in the Van Abbe Museum in Ein...
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Seasons, Art Auction to Benefit TCA
Thoroughbred Charities of America will conduct its 19th Annual Stallion Season and Art Auction Friday, Dec. 5 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington.
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Broad Decides to Build His Own Museum
Less than a year after the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opened a museum named for Eli Broad, Mr. Broad is considering opening his own museum just down the street.
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Poll Results
Booker’s art, which quickly gained notoriety when she first began making sculpture from the discarded rubber in the late ’90s, is breathing n... Do the new, larger curbside recycling bins make you want to join in the city's recycling efforts?
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Disney working on 'Beast' 3-D re-do
SINGAPORE, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Walt Disney Studios said Wednesday it has begun re-rendering its animated classic "Beauty and the Beast" for its Disney Digital 3-D debut in 2010.
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Art sale features student work
Student artwork will be on sale at the Porter Butts Gallery, featuring paintings, sculpture, jewelry and other media. Additional work will be on exhibit in Lakefront on Langdon and the Theater Gallery.
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Local artist featured at Billy Bishop Museum
Kincardine's Glen Urquhart was inspired to paint the flyers of the First World War out of interest in the pilots, not their machines. "Nobody had [...]
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V&A exhibits huge thirst for storage
Ian Williams, Computing , Wednesday 19 November 2008 at 13:53:00 Hitachi Data Systems prepares museum for data explosion The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), one of the most famous art and design museums in the world, has turned to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) to migrate its digital asset library to help cope with growing storage demands. HDS takes over the contract from a ...
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Arab American Arts Program Honored at White House
WASHINGTON, D.C. — SURA Arts Academy, an Arab American National Museum (AANM http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/) youth photography program in Dearborn was was one of 15 U.S. based youth arts and humanities organizations to receive the 10th Annual Coming Up Taller Award, reports the Arab American News. AANM Assistant Director Celine Taminian and SURA student Camille Charara accepted their award ...
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M'SIAN ART INDUSTRY NEEDS PLATFORM FOR EXPORT
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's art industry needs a platform to promote the works to overseas markets, says National Art gallery director-general Dr Mohamed Najib Ahmad Dawa.
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V&A exhibits huge thirst for storage
Ian Williams, Computing , Wednesday 19 November 2008 at 13:53:00 Hitachi Data Systems prepares museum for data explosion The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), one of the most famous art and design museums in the world, has turned to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) to migrate its digital asset library to...
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Mexican mural sells for nearly $7M at NYC auction
(AP:NEW YORK) A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo _ one of five exhibited in the United States still in private hands _ was sold Tuesday for nearly $7 million at an auction of Latin American art.
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Cleveland Museum of Art strikes deal with Italy to return 14 ancient artworks
In the first agreement of its kind between the Cleveland Museum of Art and a foreign government, the museum today agreed to return 14 artworks to Italy after officials proved the objects had been illegally excavated or exported.
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V&A exhibits huge thirst for storage
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), one of the most famous art and design museums in the world, has turned to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) to migrate its digital asset library to help cope with growing storage demands.
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8:47 a.m.: Columbus house donated to IMA
COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Columbus family is donating a 1957 modernist-style home designed by famed architect Eero Saarinen to the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
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Mexican mural sells for nearly $7M at NYC auction
A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo -- one of five exhibited in the United States still in private hands -- was sold Tuesday for nearly $7 million at an auction of Latin American art.
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AGO Transformation transforms our views of Toronto
Spacing’s Shawn Micallef is the Blogger-in-Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Art Matters blog in anticipation of the grand re-opening of the new AGO. He will be cross-posting some of the entries here on Spacing Toronto. To comment on this post, click here and head over to Art Matters. The AGO is not just for [...]
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BENTONVILLE : Museum adds 3 more classic paintings
BENTONVILLE — A painting that sold for $3.6 million in 2005 at a New York auction house will be included in the permanent collection at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
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A Look at the Collection : Three more Crystal Bridges paintings were announced at a public event Tuesday night.
As Chris Crosman, chief curator of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, dove into his presentation on the artists and stories behind the pieces of art in the museum’s permanent collection on Tuesday night, a second layer of sounds and conversation quietly moved through the Wal-Mart Community Room at the Bentonville Public Library. (Benton County Daily Record)
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Lot split for Crystal Bridges trail OK?d
BENTONVILLE — Walking, biking and sculpture-garden trails will soon connect the downtown area to the site of the future Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. (Benton County Daily Record)
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Pine Belt offers many festivals
The presence of continuous warm weather combined with the area's rich musical and artistic heritage is the recipe for a number of regional festivals sprinkled throughout the year. Here is a sampling of what the Pine Belt has to offer.
Hattiesburg American |
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Harwood mill assets sold
Piece by piece, the last of the family-owned Harwood mill was auctioned off to pay off a $3M debt to Wells Fargo Bank. Harwood Products (photo from 1997) was a victim of the nationwide housing slump, which caused lumber prices to drop.
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Russia to raise shipwreck containing Catherine the Great's treasures
London, Nov 19 : Russia is planning to raise a shipwreck that contains Catherine the Great's treasures like precious porcelain, gold, silver, bronze and Dutch paintings.
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£10million boost for Titian campaign as heritage fund gives its entire grant to protect masterpiece
The campaign to save a Titian masterpiece was given a £10million boost today.
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